Hi,
I've read through tons of docs, ....
I'm trying to configure a linux box to handle multiple requests for vnc-ssh
connections to multiple sites.
And I'm hoping to write a process that handles the requests, to automate it.
NT1(vncviewer)--->port# Linux1(ssh client)--->Internet--->Linux2(ssh
server)--->NT2(vncserver)
It works well manually--I set up the ssh forward on Linux1 like this:
ssh -L port#: NT2 :5900 Linux2
Then I go over to NT1 and tell vncviewer to connect to Linux1 on port#. Voila, NT2's
desktop is mine.
What I was hoping to do was write a process to listen on Linux1's port#, spawn off a
process that invokes the ssh forward command line. Then I could have each vncviewer
NT box send Linux1 the ip (site) that it wants to connect to.
But it appears that ssh needs to be the listener on port# on Linux1, and that we can't
just have ssh do the forward, and accept data from another process that actually does
the listening.
Does anyone have any more information on the -L switch or on a way to have ssh let
another process do the listening and hand it the data?
I want to be able to execute the forward without having that Linux1 port# in the way.
The only other idea we've come up with is that we could force each different vncviewer
to use it's own Linux1 port#, and then kick off the ssh forward using that port# when
the home-written process hears a connection on a range of specific ports. ugh.
Thanks,
Tamara
